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Jantar Mantar: Architecture, Astronomy, and Solar Kingship in Princely India

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dc.contributor.authorMacDougall, Bonnie G.
dc.date.accessioned2006-05-05T17:50:51Z
dc.date.available2006-05-05T17:50:51Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.description.abstractThe gigantic masonry astronomical instruments built by the Maharaja Jai Singh of Jaipur are among the most startling and visually compelling monuments in the entire Indian architectural record. The power of these astronomical insturments to arrest the viewer derives in part from their stylistic departure from the rest of the Indian architectural legacy, especially traditional Hindu forms.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationThe Cornell Journal of Architecture, Media of Representationen_US
dc.identifier.isbn09652795-0-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/2977
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherThe Cornell Journal of Architectureen_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectSouth Asianen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.subjectAstronomyen_US
dc.subjectHinduen_US
dc.subjectMaharaja Jai Singhen_US
dc.subjectJaipuren_US
dc.titleJantar Mantar: Architecture, Astronomy, and Solar Kingship in Princely Indiaen_US
dc.typearticleen_US

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